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  1.   Steve posted:
  06.28.2006 - 7:29 pm
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Rookie Johnny Benson scored his first career Winston Cup Top 5 finish in
this race. Lake Speed's 8th place finish was his best of the year and
his personal best at Pocono. Ricky Rudd finished 2nd in both Pocono
races in 1996.


  2.   Rob posted:
  07.15.2009 - 1:11 pm
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First ever race for D.E.I


  3.   18fan posted:
  02.17.2010 - 11:05 pm
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Rusty makes up for having to pit for gas late in 1995 to win in 1996.


  4.   Andre posted:
  07.04.2011 - 1:54 pm
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Correction to Rob's statement above - it was actually the UAW-GM
Teamwork 500 in June of '96 that was D.E.I.'s first race, with Jeff
Green at the helm that day.


  5.   Matt1986 posted:
  11.27.2011 - 12:38 pm
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Rusty's 200th top 10 in the Cup Series


  6.   RaceFanX posted:
  07.10.2012 - 12:20 pm
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Sponsor:
#25 Ken Schrader- Budweiser / US Olympic Team


  7.   RaceFanX posted:
  10.04.2013 - 7:04 pm
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Lake Speed's best finish of the year in 8th


  8.   Turd Ferguson posted:
  08.12.2016 - 9:29 am
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The day after this race, Bobby Labonte stayed to test a Pontiac the next
day.


  9.   Greg24ChaseFan posted:
  09.04.2017 - 9:06 pm
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BORING, and i mean BORING race until the last 40 laps.


  10.   RaceFanX posted:
  10.11.2018 - 8:36 pm
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This was the second race in a row where the Blue Oval Boys finished
1-2-3-4. Combining that result with that with rookie Johnny Benson,
Jr.'s fifth place finish in the #30 Pennzoil Pontiac meant this was the
only race all year where Chevrolet's Team Monte Carlo was locked out of
the top-5.


  11.   Ryan posted:
  11.24.2019 - 10:26 am
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This race was the start of Mark Martin's string of 15 straight top-10
finishes to finish the season. He went from 11th place in the standings
509 points out of first to finish 5th in the standings 379 points out of
first during his run. Also in 1996, Martin did not win a race. He
actually had the dominant car early in this race. He would end his 42
race winless streak at Sonoma in 1997 and ironically would win at
Talladega the following Saturday setting a NASCAR 500 mile race record.
So, Martin didn't win for a season and a half, but then won two races
within a week.


  12.   SweetRich posted:
  02.15.2020 - 12:01 pm
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The Commentators For The Race Were Ken Squier, Buddy Baker And Chad
Little. The Pit Road Reporters Were Steve Byrnes And Mike Wallace.
Anchoring The STP Pit Communication Center Was Rick Benjamin.


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